Atlanta, GA – Atlanta legal nurse consultant Liz Buddenhagen, RN, CLNC is rolling out the new service of providing initial client interviews designed for the law firm who does not have an in-house medical intake person and to assist the attorney in sorting out medical issues from the get-go for a low cost.

Buddenhagen, a thirty year clinically experienced nurse, says that this service will free attorney time for other legal matters while the nurse consultant quickly pinpoints salient medical issues or the lack thereof. Hence, attorney productivity and efficiency are boosted.

A registered professional nurse will listen to the client’s story and ask appropriate questions to fill out a workable picture of the situation. Notes will be taken. The confidential interview is done via phone.

The client will also fill out a detailed questionnaire related to the particular type of potential case involved – information such as:
• demographics of the claimant and deceased/injured person
• marital status
• children of the deceased/injured person
• employment
• health insurance
• medical expenses
• confinement
• education
• pharmacies and so on.

The nurse consultant will summarize the situation and provide the attorney with an oral or written report, or both. The attorney can then decide whether or not to reject the case or to obtain records for the Atlanta legal nurse to perform a screening review and move forward if warranted.

The experienced nurse consultants at Buddenhagen & Associates can find the devil in the details like no other. The firm offers case reviews, record organization, timelines/chronologies, summaries, reports, Medicare Set-Asides, medical cost projections and are “experts” at expert location.